2017–18 Lille OSC season

The 2017–18 season was Lille OSC's 74th season in existence and the club's 18th consecutive season in the top flight of French football.

Lille

2017–18 season
President	Gérard Lopez
Head coach	Marcelo Bielsa (until 15 December)[1] Christophe Galtier (from 23 December)[2]
Stadium	Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Ligue 1	17th
Coupe de France	Round of 32
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Nicolas Pépé (13) All: Nicolas Pépé (14)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Players

Squad information

As of 1 February 2018.^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  SVK Adam Jakubech 2 DF  FRA Kévin Malcuit 3 DF  PAR Júnior Alonso 5 DF  FRA Adama Soumaoro 6 MF  FRA Ibrahim Amadou (captain) 7 FW  NED Anwar El Ghazi 9 FW  ARG Ezequiel Ponce (on loan from Roma) 10 FW  ALG Yassine Benzia 11 FW  BRA Luiz Araujo 14 MF  FRA Imad Faraj 15 DF  POR Edgar Ié 16 GK  FRA Mike Maignan 17 MF  FRA Valère Pollet 18 FW  RSA Lebo Mothiba

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  CIV Nicolas Pépé 20 MF  BRA Thiago Maia 21 MF  MLI Yves Bissouma 22 DF  CIV Kouadio-Yves Dabila 23 MF  BRA Thiago Mendes 24 MF  FRA Boubakary Soumaré 25 DF  FRA Fodé Ballo-Touré 26 MF  FRA Farès Bahlouli 27 DF  MAR Hamza Mendyl 29 MF  MLI Rominigue Kouamé 30 GK  BFA Hervé Koffi — DF  FRA Scotty Sadzoute — DF  FRA Benjamin Vérité

Out of squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  NGA Vincent Enyeama

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  FRA Jean Butez (on loan to Royal Excel Mouscron) — DF  FRA Valentin Vanbaleghem (on loan to Les Herbiers) — DF  ZAM Stoppila Sunzu (on loan to Arsenal Tula) — DF  BRA Gabriel (on loan to GNK Dinamo Zagreb) — DF  MLI Youssouf Koné (on loan to Reims)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  POR Xeka (on loan to Dijon) — MF  POR Alexis Araujo (on loan to Gazélec Ajaccio) — MF  TUN Naïm Sliti (on loan to Dijon) — FW  POR Eder (on loan to Lokomotiv Moscow)

Competitions

Ligue 1

Main article: 2017–18 Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
15	Strasbourg	38	9	11	18	44	67	−23	38
16	Caen	38	10	8	20	27	52	−25	38
17	Lille	38	10	8	20	41	67	−26	38
18	Toulouse (O)	38	9	10	19	38	54	−16	37	Qualification for the relegation play-off final
19	Troyes (R)	38	9	6	23	32	59	−27	33	Relegation to Ligue 2

Source: Ligue 1 and Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Most goals scored in one league match; 10) Fair-play points^[4]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	10	8	20	41	67	−26	38	6	6	7	24	27	−3	4	2	13	17	40	−23

Last updated: 19 May 2018.
Source: Ligue 1

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	L
Position	3	9	13	13	16	17	18	18	16	19	19	19	19	19	18	17	18	18	18	15	17	18	17	18	16	17	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	19	19	16	15	17

Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Lille v Nantes

6 August 2017 1	Lille	3–0	Nantes	Lille
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Alonso 48' Benzia  61' De Préville 67' (pen.) El Ghazi 70',  71'	Report	Pallios  40' Nakoulma  58' Gillet  75'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 30,683 Referee: Benoît Millot

Strasbourg v Lille

13 August 2017 2	Strasbourg	3–0	Lille	Strasbourg
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Corgnet  63' Martin 74' Liénard 38' (pen.) Grimm 88'	Report	Ballo-Touré  33' Maignan  63' Ié  81'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 25,591 Referee: Johan Hamel

Lille v Caen

20 August 2017 3	Lille	0–2	Caen	Lille
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pépé  64' Amadou  65'	Report	Da Silva 5',  37' Santini 69' Guilbert  79'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 28,740 Referee: Karim Abed

Angers v Lille

27 August 2017 4	Angers	1–1	Lille	Angers
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pavlovic  21' Andreu  52' Coulibaly 61'	Report	Pépé  16' Luiz Araújo  23' El Ghazi  44' Amadou  51' De Préville 68' Ponce  80'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 10,284 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

Lille v Bordeaux

8 September 2017 5	Lille	0–0	Bordeaux	Lille
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Thiago Maia  15'  32' Benzia  36' Bissouma  83'	Report	Otávio  5' Jovanovic  44' Kamano  64' Vada  74'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 27,464 Referee: Francois Letexier

Guingamp v Lille

16 September 2017 6	Guingamp	1–0	Lille	Guingamp
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Deaux  90' Didot 90+3'	Report	Benzia  56'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Attendance: 11,901 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

Lille v Monaco

22 September 2017 7	Lille	0–4	Monaco	Lille
19:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Ponce  88'	Report	Jovetic 24' Ghezzal 30',  61' Falcao 48', 74' (pen.) Jemerson  70'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 34,146 Referee: Frank Schneider

Lille v Troyes

14 October 2017 9	Lille	2–2	Troyes	Lille
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Luiz Araújo 12' Pépé  66' Mendes 74' Ié  90+1'	Report	Darbion 3' Dingomé  50' Traoré  69' Niane 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 29,518 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

Stade Rennais v Lille

21 October 2017 10	Stade Rennais	1–0	Lille	Rennes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bourigeaud 6' Bensebaini  78'	Report	Mendes  20' Ballo-Touré  38' Mendyl  85'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 21,852 Referee: Olivier Thual

Lille v Marseille

29 October 2017 11	Lille	0–1	Marseille	Lille
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ié  70' Mendes  84'	Report	Sanson 5' Evra  10' Gustavo  45' Rami  51'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 43,948 Referee: Francois Letexier

Metz v Lille

5 November 2017 12	Metz	0–3	Lille	Metz
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Cohade  33' Nguette  37' Balliu  87'	Report	Bahlouli  35', 67' Luiz Araújo  44' Pépé 45' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 12,506 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

Lille v Saint-Étienne

17 November 2017 13	Lille	3–1	Saint-Étienne	Lille
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pépé 20' Malcuit  25' Mendes 71' Ballo-Touré  81' Ponce 89'	Report	Perrin  12' Pierre-Gabriel  19' Bamba 45' (pen.) Dabo  76'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 28,019 Referee: Johan Hamel

Amiens v Lille

20 November 2017 8	Amiens	3–0	Lille	Amiens
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Manzala 36', 48' Ielsch  60' Adénon  64' N'Gosso  79' Konaté 85'	Report	Amadou  21' Ballo-Touré  78'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 9,015 Referee: Mikael Lesage

Montpellier v Lille

25 November 2017 14	Montpellier	3–0	Lille	Montpellier
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Roussillon 5' Sio 26' Ninga 31' Hilton  38'	Report	Luiz Araújo  35' Pépé  45+3' Bissouma  49' Soumaoro  74' Alonso  74' Ié  81'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 11,370 Referee: Thomas Leonard

Lyon v Lille

29 November 2017 15	Lyon	1–2	Lille	Lyon
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Díaz 36'	Report	Mendes 21' Ponce 40' Ballo-Touré  46'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 31,679 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

Lille v Toulouse

2 December 2017 16	Lille	1–0	Toulouse	Lille
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Soumaoro  45' Pépé 63' Bahlouli  81'	Report	Boisgard  49' Blin  61' Yago  71'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 29,287 Referee: Benoît Millot

Paris Saint-Germain v Lille

9 December 2017 17	Paris Saint-Germain	3–1	Lille	Paris
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Di María 28' Pastore 49' Verratti  66' Alves  75' Mbappé 90+3'	Report	Benzia  79' El Ghazi 86' Ié  90'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 47,176 Referee: Johan Hamel

Dijon v Lille

16 December 2017 18	Dijon	3–0	Lille	Dijon
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Saïd 12', 17' Ballo-Touré 35' (o.g.) Marié  80'	Report	Luiz Araújo  88'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 10,634 Referee: Thomas Leonard

Lille v Nice

20 December 2017 19	Lille	1–1	Nice	Lille
19:50 CET (UTC+1)	Thiago Maia  19' Ié  44' El Ghazi 68'	Report	Srarfi 38',  61' Marlon  54' Mendy  80' Koziello  90+3'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 26,450 Referee: Frank Schneider

Caen v Lille

13 January 2018 20	Caen	0–1	Lille	Caen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Djiku  36' Aït Bennasser  44' Vercoutre  44' Da Silva  68'	Report	Thiago Maia  41' Pépé 44' Ballo-Touré  52' Benzia  62' Soumaré  69'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 18,283 Referee: Johan Hamel

Lille v Rennes

17 January 2018 21	Lille	1–2	Rennes	Lille
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Alonso 41',  90+4'	Report	Léa Siliki 85' André 89'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 27,816 Referee: Mikael Lesage

Troyes v Lille

20 January 2018 22	Troyes	1–0	Lille	Troyes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Niane 45'	Report	Benzia  45' Luiz Araújo  77'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 9,269 Referee: Stéphane Jochem

Lille v Strasbourg

28 January 2018 23	Lille	2–1	Strasbourg	Lille
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dabila  28' El Gahzi 76' Ié 90'	Report	Lala  52' Saadi 78'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 27,462 Referee: Sébastien Desiage

Lille v Paris Saint-Germain

3 February 2018 24	Lille	0–3	Paris Saint-Germain	Lille
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Alonso  73'	Report	Berchiche 45' Verratti  55' Neymar 76' Lo Celso 86'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 49,082 Referee: Johan Hamel

Nantes v Lille

11 February 2018 25	Nantes	2–2	Lille	Nantes
17:00	Sala 16', 71'	Report	Benzia  43' Mothiba 67' Pépé 81'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 22,655 Referee: Mikael Lesage

Lille v Lyon

17 February 2018 26	Lille	2–2	Lyon	Lille
17:00	Pépé 65' Luiz Araújo 81'	Report	Traoré 21', 44' Rafael  28' Diakhaby  60' Fekir  87' Aouar  90+1'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 39,523 Referee: Benoît Millot

Lille v Angers

24 February 2018 27	Lille	1–2	Angers	Lille
19:00	Pépé 88'	Report	Toko Ekambi 73', 89' Mangani  80' Capelle  82'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 28,629 Referee: François Letexier

Nice v Lille

2 March 2018 28	Nice	2–1	Lille	Nice
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Balotelli 5' Marlon  21' Cyprien  28', 80' Coly  73'	Report	Mothiba  35' Luiz Araújo 51'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 20,314 Referee: Thomas Léonard

Lille v Montpellier

10 March 2018 29	Lille	1–1	Montpellier	Lille
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Benzia  32' Pépé 41' Mendes  87'	Report	Congré  34' Roussillon 64' Mendes  87'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 28,609 Referee: Sébastien Moreira

Monaco v Lille

16 March 2018 30	Monaco	2–1	Lille	Monaco
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lopes 43' Jovetić 60' Moutinho  67' Subašić  90+2'	Report	Mothiba 16'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 7,147 Referee: Clément Turpin

Lille v Amiens

1 April 2018 31	Lille	0–1	Amiens	Lille
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Mendoza 53' Adenon  66' Cissokho  76'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 0 Referee: Karim Abed

Bordeaux v Lille

7 April 2018 32	Bordeaux	2–1	Lille	Bordeaux
20:00	Kamano 42', 45' Poundjé  72'	Report	Mothiba 14' Mendyl  24' Mendes  61'  63'	Stadium: Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux Attendance: 34,997 Referee: Thomas Leonard

Lille v Guingamp

14 April 2018 33	Lille	2–2	Guingamp	Lille
19:00	Malcuit  23' Ié  45' Pépé 55' Luiz Araújo 57'	Report	Coco  20' Alonso 90' (o.g.) Briand 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 33,461 Referee: Benoît Bastien

Marseille v Lille

21 April 2018 34	Marseille	5–1	Lille	Marseille
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Thauvin 12', 30' (pen.) Mitroglou 35', 38' Ocampos 68'	Report	Mendyl  29' Benzia 54'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 51,098 Referee: Amaury Delerue

Lille v Metz

28 April 2018 35	Lille	3–1	Metz	Lille
19:00	Luiz Araújo 13' Pépé 45' Bissouma 77'	Report	Niakhaté  22' Roux 49' Diagné  86'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 38,429 Referee: François Letexier

Toulouse v Lille

6 May 2018 36	Toulouse	2–3	Lille	Toulouse
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jean 9' Jullien 44'	Report	Pépé 5', 82' Bissouma 80'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 26,251 Referee: Clément Turpin

Lille v Dijon

12 May 2018 37	Lille	2–1	Dijon	Lille
20:00	Mothiba 18', 45'	Report	Haddadi  10' Kwon 11',  34'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 46,342 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

Saint-Étienne v Lille

19 May 2018 38	Saint-Étienne	5–0	Lille	Saint-Étienne
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bamba 7' Hamouma 13', 40', 61' Selnæs  58' Malcuit 66' (o.g.)	Report	Mothiba  61'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 33,665 Referee: François Letexier

Coupe de France

Main article: 2017–18 Coupe de France

Le Mans v Lille

6 January 2018 Round of 64	Le Mans	2–4	Lille	Le Mans
15:00 CET	Schur 23' Créhin 29' (pen.) Hafidi  37' Bamba  65' Suchet  87'	Report	Ponce 8' Pépé 12' Thiago Maia 34' Malcuit  42' Mendes 90+6'	Stadium: MMArena Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Jeremy Stinat

Strasbourg v Lille

25 January 2018 Round of 32	Strasbourg	2–1	Lille	Strasbourg
21:05 CET	Grimm  27' Da Costa 31' Saadi 48'	Report	Bissouma 54' Ponce  55' Mendyl  79'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 10,097 Referee: Clément Turpin

Coupe de la Ligue

Main article: 2017–18 Coupe de la Ligue

Lille v Valenciennes

25 October 2017 Third round	Lille	2–2 (5–4 p)	Valenciennes	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
18:45 CEST	Benzia 14' Alonso  41', 74' Ié  83'	Report	Pierre-Charles  15', 44' Xavier  17' Aloé  67' Mothiba 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 30,643 Referee: Frank Schneider
	Penalties
	Ié Alonso Bahlouli El Ghazi Soumaré Thiago Maia Mendes		Néry Diarra Mauricio Ramaré Guezoui Mothiba Pierre-Charles

Lille v Nice

13 December 2017 Round of 16	Lille	1–1 (2–3 p)	Nice	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
21:05 (UTC+1)	Luiz Araújo 7',  46'	Report	Marlon  27' Balotelli 58'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 9,651 Referee: Stéphane Jochem
	Penalties
	Luiz Araújo Alonso Mendes El Ghazi Bissouma		Lees-Melou Cyprien Pléa Seri

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Coupe de France		Coupe de la Ligue
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	SVK	Adam Jakubech	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	GK	FRA	Mike Maignan	36	0	34	0	1	0	1	0
30	GK	BFA	Kouakou Koffi	6	0	4	0	1	0	1	0
Defenders
2	DF	FRA	Kévin Malcuit	25	0	21+2	0	1	0	0+1	0
3	DF	PAR	Júnior Alonso	38	3	30+4	2	2	0	2	1
5	DF	FRA	Adama Soumaoro	15	0	14	0	1	0	0	0
15	DF	POR	Edgar Ié	37	1	35	1	0	0	2	0
22	DF	CIV	Kouadio-Yves Dabila	15	0	10+2	0	1+1	0	1	0
25	DF	FRA	Fodé Ballo-Touré	28	0	25+2	0	0	0	1	0
27	DF	MAR	Hamza Mendyl	14	0	9+3	0	1	0	1	0
Midfielders
6	MF	FRA	Ibrahim Amadou	32	0	30	0	2	0	0	0
14	MF	FRA	Imad Faraj	8	0	1+6	0	0+1	0	0	0
17	MF	FRA	Valère Pollet	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	BRA	Thiago Maia	37	1	28+6	0	1	1	2	0
21	MF	MLI	Yves Bissouma	28	3	15+9	2	1+1	1	2	0
23	MF	BRA	Thiago Mendes	35	4	27+4	3	1+1	1	1+1	0
26	MF	FRA	Farès Bahlouli	14	1	2+9	1	1	0	2	0
29	MF	MLI	Rominigue Kouamé	6	0	1+5	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	FRA	Boubakary Soumaré	17	0	3+11	0	1	0	1+1	0
Forwards
7	FW	NED	Anwar El Ghazi	31	4	19+8	4	1+1	0	2	0
9	FW	ARG	Ezequiel Ponce	32	3	8+20	2	2	1	1+1	0
10	FW	ALG	Yassine Benzia	33	2	30+1	1	1	0	0+1	1
11	FW	BRA	Luiz Araújo	36	6	24+10	5	1	0	1	1
18	FW	RSA	Lebo Mothiba	14	5	14	5	0	0	0	0
19	FW	CIV	Nicolas Pépé	38	14	31+5	13	1+1	1	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
8	MF	POR	Xeka	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
12	FW	FRA	Nicolas de Préville	4	2	3+1	2	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 19 May 2018
Source: Competitions